Sextus Julius Frontinus

Sextus Julius Frontinus (40-103) was a general of the Roman Empire, governor of Roman Britain, and water commissioner for the city of Rome in the first century CE.

Biography
Sextus Julius Frontinus, often known mononymously as "Frontinus", was appointed the praetor of the Roman Empire in 70. In 75 AD he succeeded Quintus Petillius Cerialis as Governor of Roman Britain, and by the end of his term in 78 AD he subdued the Silures and other tribes in Wales. Gnaeus Julius Agricola succeeded him, and in 97 he became the water commissioner of Rome by Nerva. During his term, he was quoted as saying "All the aqueducts reach the city at different elevations. Six of these streams flow into covered containers, where they lose their sediment. Their volume is measured by the means of calibrated scales. The abundance of water is sufficient not only for public and private uses and applications but truly even for pleasure. The water is distributed to various regions inside and outside the city, to basins, fountains and public buildings, and to multiple public uses. Compare such numerous and indispensable structures carrying so much water with the idle pyramids, or the useless but famous works of the Greeks".